I have witnessed many professional services companies go under because they signed a long-term lease on too much office space at the wrong rent -and then revenues collapsed.

我目睹了许多专业服务公司的倒闭，原因是它们签署了一份长期租约，租用了过多的办公空间，支付了价格离谱的房租——而公司收入随后出现了大幅下降。

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Similar to Internet spam, this term covers news alerts and other email that individuals signed up to receive but may never get around to actually reading.

和垃圾邮件类似，这一术语指你可能会登录获取但是可能永远不会真正阅读的新闻或其他邮件。

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But we have neither discussed the term of payment nor signed the contract yet.

但我们既没有就付款方式进行讨论也没有签署合同。

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Despite pressures on attendance and sponsorships in recent years, the sports industry can bank on the resiliency of television money and labor peace (the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball recently signed long term labor deals) to provide a steady backbone throughout the industry, Fitch thinks.

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Many CAA clients have signed long-term deals with their respective teams in recent years, including Ryan Braun and Buster Posey, who signed a massive extension with the Giants last week.

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Cape Wind has signed long-term contracts to sell 78% of its power to the state's largest utilities.

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